RPC IX, 654

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 654
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Hypaepa
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Magistrate Flavius Ermolaos Nikonianos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΕΡΜΟΛΑΟΥ ΝΕΙΚΩΝΙ, ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of Artemis Anaïtis standing facing, wearing kalathos
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 5
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 588/1–6 (Colophon), 589/1–2 (Colophon), 590/1 (Colophon), 652/1–5, 653/1–5, 655/1–5, 656/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O
2 2     Boston: 64.1269